Marcin Frąckiewicz

Marcin Frąckiewicz is the founder and CEO of TS2 Space, a satellite communications company serving customers around the world. A graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), he has more than two decades of experience in telecommunications, satellite services and technology ventures. He writes about satellite communications, space technology, artificial intelligence and the stock market, with a particular focus on technology companies, semiconductors, emerging industries and the trends shaping global innovation. Follow Marcin Frąckiewicz on Google News, Facebook. or Linkedin.

Trump’s Tariff Tsunami: 100% Drug Tax and New Import Levies Rock Global Trade

Trump’s Tariff Tsunami: 100% Drug Tax and New Import Levies Rock Global Trade

In a dramatic escalation of his trade war, President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a new wave of tariffs targeting pharmaceuticals, trucks, and home furnishings. In a Truth Social post on September 25, Trump announced the U.S. will impose a 100% import tariff on any branded or patented pharmaceutical products starting October 1 – effectively doubling their price – “unless a company is building a manufacturing plant in the U.S.” reuters.com. “There will, therefore, be no Tariff on these pharmaceutical products if construction has started,” Trump clarified, incentivizing drugmakers to produce domestically reuters.com.
26 September 2025
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Breeze Airways Goes International – $99 Flights to Caribbean Hotspots Unveiled

Breeze Airways Goes International – $99 Flights to Caribbean Hotspots Unveiled

Breeze Airways has pulled the curtain off its long-awaited international debut, unveiling a slate of new flights to popular beach destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean. In total, the airline announced seven nonstop routes that will launch in early 2026 – marking the first time Breeze ventures beyond U.S. borders thepointsguy.com. The destinations read like a vacation wish list: Cancun on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, the Montego Bay region of Jamaica, and Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic thepointsguy.com thepointsguy.com. Each route is seasonal and aimed at winter sun-seekers, with most flights operating once weekly during the colder months thepointsguy.com. This seasonal strategy allows Breeze to tap peak travel demand while avoiding slower off-season periods – a lesson learned from past attempts by others to run year-round international service from secondary cities turnto10.com turnto10.com.
26 September 2025
Pfizer Stock 2025: 7% Dividend, Obesity Gamble, and Wall Street’s Verdict

Pfizer Stock 2025: 7% Dividend, Obesity Gamble, and Wall Street’s Verdict

Pfizer’s stock has struggled in 2025, hovering near multi-year lows. At ~$23.60 per share in late September, PFE has declined about 9% since January, underperforming the S&P 500 and lagging the broader healthcare sector. Over the past 12 months, the stock is down roughly 18%. The 52-week high was $30.43, and shares now sit not far above their year’s low of $20.92 stockanalysis.com. By market capitalization, Pfizer remains one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, but its valuation has compressed significantly from pandemic-era peaks.
26 September 2025
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SNAP Stock Just Got a 48‑Hour Jolt: India Creator Boom, New Sticker Push—and a $14B TikTok Twist Investors Can’t Ignore

SNAP Stock Just Got a 48‑Hour Jolt: India Creator Boom, New Sticker Push—and a $14B TikTok Twist Investors Can’t Ignore

Snap’s 1.34% gain to $8.33 on Sept 25 stood out in a weak tape, with ~247M shares trading. The session left SNAP still well below its 52‑week peak, but the resilience contrasts with declines across mega‑cap peers that day. That divergence sets up a near‑term narrative where company‑specific news can temporarily outweigh macro drag. MarketWatch+1
26 September 2025
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RIG Stock Meltdown: Transocean’s $381M Share Sale Rocks the Market—Will 13% Dilution Fix the Debt Problem or Set Up a Rebound?

RIG Stock Meltdown: Transocean’s $381M Share Sale Rocks the Market—Will 13% Dilution Fix the Debt Problem or Set Up a Rebound?

Strategic aim: Management is steering fresh equity toward debt reduction, specifically highlighting the 8.00% notes due 2027. If all base proceeds went against those notes, annual interest expense could fall by ~$30.5M, before fees and taxes. The greenshoe option can also be used by underwriters for price stabilization in the aftermarket. deepwater.com
26 September 2025
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DVLT Just Landed a $150M Bitcoin Lifeline — Can Datavault AI Turn a Penny Stock Into an AI Supercomputer?

DVLT Just Landed a $150M Bitcoin Lifeline — Can Datavault AI Turn a Penny Stock Into an AI Supercomputer?

Datavault AI — the former WiSA Technologies that rebranded in February 2025 — secured a headline‑grabbing $150 million commitment from Scilex, delivered in Bitcoin. The company frames the deal as jet fuel for AI‑driven data monetization, saying the capital will build out a supercomputer footprint and launch independent data exchanges targeting high‑trust markets like biotech. Yahoo Finance+1
26 September 2025
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SPRC Rockets 59% After “Quantum Leap”: What Really Drove SciSparc’s Two‑Day Surge (Sept. 25–26) — And What Comes Next

SPRC Rockets 59% After “Quantum Leap”: What Really Drove SciSparc’s Two‑Day Surge (Sept. 25–26) — And What Comes Next

SciSparc’s new program aims to apply quantum algorithms to hard problems in protein folding and protein–ligand interactions, with the goal of more precise simulations that speed discovery in neurological and rare diseases. The board authorized creating a wholly‑owned Israeli subsidiary to run the effort and to pursue IP around the methods. GlobeNewswire
26 September 2025
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PSTV ERUPTS: UnitedHealthcare Backs Plus Therapeutics’ CNS Cancer Test—Stock Pops, Analysts Cheer, and the Real Winners Could Be Patients

PSTV ERUPTS: UnitedHealthcare Backs Plus Therapeutics’ CNS Cancer Test—Stock Pops, Analysts Cheer, and the Real Winners Could Be Patients

UnitedHealthcare coverage win. On Sept. 25, Plus Therapeutics announced that UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company granted national coverage for its CNSide® CSF Tumor Cell Enumeration LDT for metastatic CNS cancer, effective Sept. 15. The deal potentially opens access to more than 51 million members nationwide and positions CNSide as a covered testing service for specialists treating leptomeningeal metastases—a devastating complication of advanced cancers. GlobeNewswire
26 September 2025
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NUAI Rockets Nearly 50% in a Day After AI Data‑Center Milestone—What Changed on Sept. 25–26 and What Could Break Next

NUAI Rockets Nearly 50% in a Day After AI Data‑Center Milestone—What Changed on Sept. 25–26 and What Could Break Next

Shares ripped ~50% into the close after fresh coverage amplified a Sept. 24 company release: Phase One engineering is done for TCDC, the JV aiming to develop a Permian Basin AI data‑center complex with behind‑the‑meter power “islands,” compliance with Texas SB6, and scalable capacity to 1 GW. Management says the milestone “validates the constructability” of the site and its power‑delivery path beginning in early 2027. Business Wire
26 September 2025
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Nintendo’s Surprise ‘Fire Emblem Shadows’ Drop: Why This Among Us‑Style Spin‑Off Could Rewire Nintendo’s Mobile Strategy

Nintendo’s Surprise ‘Fire Emblem Shadows’ Drop: Why This Among Us‑Style Spin‑Off Could Rewire Nintendo’s Mobile Strategy

Nintendo shadow‑dropped Fire Emblem Shadows on September 25 as a mobile‑first experiment that splices the franchise’s battlefield positioning with social deduction psychology. In each match, three allied units fight in real time; one is secretly a “disciple of shadow.” After the first phase, players vote on the suspected traitor, and that outcome dynamically shifts difficulty in the next phase. The official press release frames it as “a new style of battles featuring role‑playing and social deduction,” with iOS/Android availability in 70+ regions and support for 10 languages. 任天堂ホームページ
26 September 2025
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Nintendo Shake‑Up: Devon Pritchard Becomes First Woman to Lead Nintendo of America as Doug Bowser Retires; Satoru Shibata Installed as CEO

Nintendo Shake‑Up: Devon Pritchard Becomes First Woman to Lead Nintendo of America as Doug Bowser Retires; Satoru Shibata Installed as CEO

Nintendo of America announced a planned leadership hand‑off: Doug Bowser retires Dec 31, 2025; Devon Pritchard becomes NOA President & COO on Jan 1, 2026. In the same move, Satoru Shibata—a veteran who previously led Nintendo of Europe and now serves on Nintendo’s board—will become CEO of NOA, adding a direct HQ link over the American subsidiary. The company framed the transition as continuity through a historic Switch 2 launch year and its expanding entertainment ventures. Business Wire
26 September 2025
Xiaomi 17 Pro Max Shocks the Flagship Scene: $840 ‘Battery Monster’ Adds a Second Rear Screen to Take on iPhone 17 Pro Max (Sept 26 Update)

Xiaomi 17 Pro Max Shocks the Flagship Scene: $840 ‘Battery Monster’ Adds a Second Rear Screen to Take on iPhone 17 Pro Max (Sept 26 Update)

A second screen that actually does things. Xiaomi embeds a 2.5×1.8‑inch “Dynamic Back Display” into the rear camera plateau. It shows customizable clocks/animations, notifications and playback controls, serves as a rear camera selfie viewfinder, pins QR codes or boarding passes, and even runs simple games when you snap on Xiaomi’s Retro Handheld Console Case. As Wired’s Simon Hill put it after hands‑on time: “We don’t need a second screen, but I’m already using it more than I expected to.” WIRED
26 September 2025
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Xiaomi 17 Pro Max: The $630 “iPhone 17 Killer” with a Second Screen and Monster Battery

Xiaomi 17 Pro Max: The $630 “iPhone 17 Killer” with a Second Screen and Monster Battery

Xiaomi’s 17 Pro Max is not just another Android phone – it’s a declaration of war in the flagship arena. Unveiled in Beijing just weeks after Apple’s iPhone 17 launch, Xiaomi’s CEO Lei Jun made constant side-by-side comparisons to Apple’s latest devices, driving home where Xiaomi believes it has the upper hand theverge.com theverge.com. In an unprecedented move, Xiaomi actually skipped the “16” generation entirely, jumping from last year’s Xiaomi 15 series straight to “17” so that consumers wouldn’t see its numbering as a step behind Apple’s theverge.com phonearena.com. “The company even skipped a generation in naming, just so it could go head-to-head with Apple’s iPhone 17 series in both number and spirit” one tech reviewer noted phonearena.com. Xiaomi President Lu Weibing was even more explicit, writing on Weibo: “We are directly competing with the iPhone in the same generation and at the same level” tomsguide.com. In short, Xiaomi wants buyers – and Apple – to know that its newest flagship is gunning for the crown.
26 September 2025
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Cipher Mining’s Wild Ride: Google AI Deal Propels CIFR Stock Up, Then Down – What’s Next for the Bitcoin Miner?

Cipher Mining’s Wild Ride: Google AI Deal Propels CIFR Stock Up, Then Down – What’s Next for the Bitcoin Miner?

Cipher Mining’s stock has been on a rollercoaster in late September 2025. After steadily climbing through mid-month – even notching a 52-week high amid a crypto-miner rally theminermag.com – CIFR saw explosive volatility on September 25 when major news hit. In early trading that day, the share price surged as much as 20% on enthusiasm over the company’s new AI hosting venture backed by Google coindesk.com. The euphoria was short-lived: by midday, profit-taking and concerns about a concurrent financing reversed those gains, and CIFR actually fell into the red, closing around $11.66 ainvest.com. Such a drastic intraday swing – from double-digit % gain to loss – underscores the market’s uncertainty about how to value Cipher’s new direction.
26 September 2025
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Stock Market Today

  • Boring Company Targets $20 Billion Valuation with $4 Billion Fundraising Plan
    July 28, 2026, 6:43 AM EDT. Boring Company, led by Elon Musk, is aiming to raise about $4 billion and hit a $20 billion valuation-more than triple its April 2022 worth. The valuation reflects a sales multiple above 200x, far exceeding the 1-4x range typical for infrastructure firms. The funding, still being negotiated, would be notable as Musk's SpaceX and Tesla shares face pressure in public markets.